2024 Photography Contest Winners
Thank you to Christian Photo for their support of this year's contest and the Prairie City Public Library for providing us a home this year due to the Visitor Center closure.
Prizes Awarded
1st Place each category: $30 Christian Photo gift card
2nd Place each category: $20 Christian Photo gift card
3rd Place each category: $10 Christian Photo gift card
Best of Show: 16x20 mounted print
Best of Show Smartphone: 8x10 mounted print (due to low resolution)
Winning Photographs will be on display from Nov 25th - Dec 7th at the Prairie City Library.
Adult - Birds and Other Wildlife
1st Place - Matthew Brotherton
Best of Show
”Takeoff”
Adult - Bison and Elk
1st Place - Patty Foster
””The Battle”
Adult - Plants and Pollinators
1st Place - Matthew Brotherton
”Regal Beauty”
Adult - Refuge Life
1st Place - Patty Foster
”Milky Way Over the Prairie”
Adult - Smartphone Photography
1st Place - Catherine Schutt
Best of Show
”Refuge Royalty”
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2nd Place - Barbara McGraw
”Just a Cutie”
2nd Place - Matthew Brotherton
”Keeping Watch”
2nd Place - Janie Johnson Lawson
”Mighty Pollinator”
2nd Place - Greg Punelli”
”Low Visibility”
2nd Place - Elizabeth Vande Kieft
”Blue Sky Spiderwort”
3rd Place - Patty Foster
”Shorty Flying Low Over the Prairie”
3rd Place - Janie Johnson Lawson
”You Shall Not Pass”
3rd Place - Patty Foster
”Monarch Egg”
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3rd Place - Barbara McGrew
”Golden Hour on the Prairie”